Love is God

Everybody has their own idea
of love. And only when you
come to the state where all
ideas about love have
disappeared, where love is no
more an idea but simply your
being, then only will you know
its freedom. Then love is God.
Then love is the ultimate truth.
Let your love move through the
process of meditation. Watch
it: watch the cunning ways of
your mind, watch your power-
politics. And nothing else
except continuous watching
and observing is going to help.
When you say something to
your woman or your man, look
at it: what is the unconscious
motive? Why are you saying it?
Is there some motive? Then
what is it? Be conscious of that
motive, bring it to
consciousness -- because this
is one of the secret keys for
transforming your life: anything
that becomes conscious
disappears. Your motives
remain unconscious, that's why
you remain in their grip. Make
them conscious, bring them to
light, and they will disappear.
It is as if you pull up a tree and
bring the roots to the sunlight:
they will die, they can exist only
in the darkness of the soil. Your
motives also exist only in the
darkness of your
unconsciousness. So the only
way to transform your love is
to bring all the motivations
from the unconscious into the
conscious. Slowly slowly, those
motives will die. And when love
is unmotivated, then love is the
greatest thing that can ever
happen to anybody. Then love
is something of the ultimate, of
the beyond.
That is the meaning when Jesus
says, "God is love." I say to
you: Love is God. God can be
forgotten, but don't forget love
-- because it is the purification
of love that will bring you to
God. If you forget about God
completely, nothing is lost. But
don't forget love, because love
is the bridge. Love is the
process of alchemical change
in your consciousness.
~~Osho??